https://pinboard.in/u:jm/public/ recent bookmarks from jm 2017-05-23T11:24:19+00:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-kraft-heinz-idUSKBN18I1SZ jmThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tightened rules for where patent lawsuits can be filed in a decision that may make it harder for so-called patent "trolls" to launch sometimes dodgy patent cases in friendly courts, a major irritant for high-tech giants like Apple and Alphabet Inc's Google. In a decision that upends 27 years of law governing patent infringement cases, the justices sided with beverage flavoring company TC Heartland LLC in its legal battle with food and beverage company Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O). The justices ruled 8-0 that patent suits can be filed only in courts located in the jurisdiction where the targeted company is incorporated. via Brad Fitzgerald]]> via:bradfitz patents swpats east-texas law trolls supreme-court infringement https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:4e7746c5736a/ 2016-07-21T20:30:12+00:00 https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160718/06573135006/just-as-we-warned-chinese-tech-giant-goes-patent-attack-east-texas.shtml jmTechdirt has been warning for years that the West's repeated demands for China to "respect" patents could backfire badly. [...] And guess what? That is exactly what has just happened, as The Wall Street Journal reports: 'Huawei Technologies Co. said it has filed a lawsuit against T-Mobile US Inc., alleging the U.S. telecommunications carrier violated the Chinese company’s patents related to wireless networks. In its complaint filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Huawei said T-Mobile is using its patented technology without signing a licensing agreement.' At least this is the most likely scenario to result in patent reform, finally.]]> patents east-texas huawei t-mobile telecoms law https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:91fcd568f0c3/ 2013-12-16T22:02:35+00:00 http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/12/difference-engine-0?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/obituary_for_software_patents jmIf the use of state consumer-protection laws to ward off frivolous patent suits were to catch on, it could give the trolls serious pause for thought—especially if their mass mailings of threatening letters to businesses were met by dozens of law suits from attorneys general demanding their presence in state courts across the land. One way or another, things are beginning to look ominous for those who would exploit the inadequacies of America’s patent system. ]]> the-economist patents swpats trolls us east-texas law https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:59e33f95130e/ 2013-11-25T11:03:29+00:00 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/11/newegg-trial-crypto-legend-diffie-takes-the-stand-to-knock-out-patent/ jm "We've heard a good bit in this courtroom about public key encryption," said Albright. "Are you familiar with that? "Yes, I am," said Diffie, in what surely qualified as the biggest understatement of the trial. "And how is it that you're familiar with public key encryption?" "I invented it." (via burritojustice)]]> crypto tech security patents swpats pki whitfield-diffie history east-texas newegg patent-trolls https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:9e9ce822538b/ 2013-10-03T11:20:22+00:00 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/patent-troll-lodsys-chickens-out-folds-case-rather-than-face-kaspersky-lab/ jmIn Kaspersky's view, patent trolls are no better than the extortionists who cropped up in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, when crime ran rampant. Kaspersky saw more and more people becoming victims of various extortion schemes. US patent trolls seemed very similar. "Kaspersky's view was that paying patent trolls was like paying a protection racket," said Kniser. He wasn't going to do it. yay! pity it didn't manage to establish precedent, though. But go Kaspersky!]]> eugene-kaspersky shakedowns law east-texas swpats patents patent-trolls https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:8295f054679d/ 2013-05-20T11:26:35+00:00 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/newegg-nukes-corporate-troll-alcatel-in-third-patent-appeal-win-this-year/ jm At trial in East Texas Cheng took the stand to tell Newegg's story. Alcatel-Lucent's corporate representative, at the heart of its massive licensing campaign, couldn't even name the technology or the patents it was suing Newegg over. "Successful defendants have their litigation managed by people who care," said Cheng. "For me, it's easy. I believe in Newegg, I care about Newegg. Alcatel Lucent, meanwhile, they drag out some random VP—who happens to be a decorated Navy veteran, who happens to be handsome and has a beautiful wife and kids—but the guy didn't know what patents were being asserted. What a joke." "Shareholders of public companies that engage in patent trolling should ask themselves if they're really well-served by their management teams," Cheng added. "Are they properly monetizing their R&D? Surely there are better ways to make money than to just rely on litigating patents. If I was a shareholder, I would take a hard look as to whether their management was competent."]]> patents ip swpats alcatel bell-labs newegg east-texas litigation lucent https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:ec1433c02f00/ 2013-03-29T10:47:07+00:00 http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/28/judge-says-mathematical-algorithms-cant-be-patented-dismisses-uniloc-claim-against-rackspace/ jm A federal judge has thrown out a patent claim against Rackspace, ruling that mathematical algorithms can’t be patented. The ruling in the Eastern Disrict stemmed from a 2012 complaint filed by Uniloc USA asserting that processing of floating point numbers by the Linux operating system was a patent violation. Chief Judge Leonard Davis based the ruling on U.S. Supreme Court case law that prohibits the patenting of mathematical algorithms. According to Rackspace, this is the first reported instance in which the Eastern District of Texas has granted an early motion to dismiss finding a patent invalid because it claimed unpatentable subject matter. Red Hat, which supplies Linux to Rackspace, provided Rackspace’s defense. Red Hat has a policy of standing behind customers through its Open Source Assurance program. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5455869 for more discussion.]]> east-texas patents swpats maths patenting law judges rackspace linux red-hat uniloc-usa floating-point https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:49f98e8cc123/ 2013-01-27T21:47:08+00:00 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/how-newegg-crushed-the-shopping-cart-patent-and-saved-online-retail/ jmPatent trolling is based upon deficiencies in a critical, but underdeveloped, area of the law. The faster we drive these cases to verdict, and through appeal, and also get legislative reform on track, the faster our economy will be competitive in this critical area. We're competing with other economies that are not burdened with this type of litigation. China doesn't have this, South Korea doesn't have this, Europe doesn't have this. [...] It's actually surprising how quickly people forget what Lemelson did. [referring to Jerome Lemelson, an infamous patent troll who used so-called "submarine patents" to make billions in licensing fees.] This activity is very similar. Trolls right now "submarine" as well. They use timing, like he used timing. Then they pop up and say "Hello, surprise! Give us your money or we will shut you down!" Screw them. Seriously, screw them. You can quote me on that. ]]> patent-trolls east-texas newegg shopping-cart swpat software-patents patents ecommerce soverain https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:383fac7a7c41/ 2010-08-26T10:33:38+00:00 http://futureoftheinternet.org/fried-androids jm google via:tieguy law east-texas dvr remote-disabling internet oracle swpats https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:5972ca8f02bf/